Preserved Leaves of Mull

Kensington and N. P: Argyll Lodge and Balmoral (stationery), n.d. and 28 September 1855. Preserved Leaves of Mull. The first stating that he will send specimens of the ores and the [?] Leaves of Mull to Glasgow for the Museum, the leaves only being “furnished on loan as the specimens... Read More

"The first work by an American and devoted entirely to Birds" (Mengel)

Printed for the Author by Way & Groff, 1799. First edition. "The first work by an American and devoted entirely to Birds" (Mengel). A completely unsophisticated copy of the first American book on birds, stitched as issued in the original printed wrappers. "Very scarce ... One of the most notable... Read More

London: Witherby for the New York Zoological Society, 1918-1927. First Edition, no. 67 of 600 numbered copies.Beebe's text was been called "perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century, notable not only for its beauty and the wealth of information it contains, but also for the unusual grace... Read More

Washington, D.C: GPO, Smithsonian Institute, 1919-1949. First editions.1919 — Life Histories of North American Diving Birds (National Museum Bulletin # 107)1921 — Life Histories of North American Gulls and Terns (NMB #113)1922 — Life Histories of North American Petrels and Pelicans and Their Allies (NMB #121)1923 — Life Histories... Read More

De Luxe Edition, Signed by Author and Illustrator

Washington DC: The American Wildlife Institute, 1942. First edition, Marked "Gift" of 1000 copies of the DeLuxe Edition, signed by author and artist. De Luxe Edition, Signed by Author and Illustrator. A highly detailed and attractive book, signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation pageWith an added inscription... Read More

Birds of the Russian Tundra

Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1928. Memoiors of the Boston Society of Natural History, Volume 6, Number 3. Birds of the Russian Tundra. A large, scholarly work, based on the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900-1903 undertaken by the St.Petersburg Academy of Sciences.Read More

Early Original Watercolor by Edgar Burke

Great South Beach, Long Island, N.Y: 1911. Early Original Watercolor by Edgar Burke. A fine early watercolor drawing of the Turnstone, an American shore bird, by sportsman, artist and physician Edgar BurkeEdgar Burke, MD (1889-1950) successfully combined the vocation of medicine (he was a member of the American College of... Read More